This well-written article is a must for all Saint-Domingue researchers.
It demonstrates basic methodology by tracing a series of refugee
families who invested in and settled in the ill-fated Vine and
Olive Colony in Alabama, the site of which is located near present-day
Demopolis. The definitive guide for Saint-Domingue research.
Get a copy and study it!

Cuban Research(These two guides are not specifically aimed
at Saint-Domingue refugees, but give some idea of the documents
extant from the time the refugees were on the island:)

This guide contains 43 pages covering primary and secondary
sources. Also discussed are 4 archives essential to Cuban research
(3 in Spain, 1 in Cuba) and the specific groups of documents
in them, that contain material pertaining to the island.

Challenged at every turn by a lack of research-aid materials
as she conducted her own Jamaican family research, Mitchell put
together this guide, to show that much Jamaican research can
be done without leaving the U.S. The key is accessing the various
sources through libraries and other repositories.

Opening chapters include an oral and factual history of Jamaica.
Others discuss civil and church records, maps, land records,
census lists, immigration sources. Many other sources are addressed:
military records; schools and institutions of higher learning;
almanacs, handbooks and directories; the different kinds of courts;
newspapers; and occupations. The last few chapters provide a
bibliography of additional references and genealogies and a listing
of useful addresses. The book is indexed by full names as well
as subject. te author's comments on her personal research experiences,
interspersed throughout, provide insight and inspiration.

There is even a small section on the colonists from Saint-Domingue
(listed under "Haiti" in the index). From this topic,
one learns that the refugees settled mostly in the cities of
Kingston and Spanish Town, and in the (civil) parishes of Portland
and St. Ann. Also of interest is the fact that there are some
documents in the Public Records Office in London, in the Admiralty
section, medical department registers, concerning "French"
prisoners of war from 1798 to 1806. And finally, the 1844 census
of Jamaica enumerated 1,342 people in that colony who were born
in Saint- Domingue or France.

There is no one guide for conducting Saint-Domingue
research in French archives. Many books and articles address different
groups of records, in the Archives Nationales (Paris), the Archives
Outre-Mer (Aix-en-Provence), the Archives Diplomatiques (Paris
and Nantes), and even those in departmental and local archives.

The following is a list of publications that I have consulted
and found useful. Some of them address Saint-Domingue in particular,
others outline generic methods for conducting research in France.
If you know of others, please send me the citation, a description,
and your experience with it, so I can post it here. In most cases,
you will have to either visit these archives yourself or hire
a researcher. If you choose to do the latter, they are all mandatory
reading. Use them to make a TTD list.

Aid and indemnity to the colonists of Saint-Domingue was paid
as early as November 1793, and the very last payment was made
in 1896. This section explains the nature of the aid and procedure
for applying for it, and explores various archival sources in
France (at the departmental and national level) where these documents
can be found. English translation

This article guides the reader smoothly and painlessly through
the procedure necessary to access the Saint-Domingue Notarial
Minutes. It will not help with American research, but is recommended
to for those who might have a few days to spend in the archives
in Aix-en-Provence researching in the originals. It also delves
into the history of these rich, well-organized documents and
explains why there is a disparity in the years covered by the
records of the 400 notaries that practiced in the colony between
1701 and 1804.

This guide lists in great detail, the groups of documents
in various archives in France (national, departmental, municipal,
etc.) that pertain to the history of the U.S. The French West
Indies are included in the scope of this work. A must if you
are going to France to conduct research.

Leland, Waldo G. Guide to Materials for American
History in the Libraries and Archives of Paris. Washington,
DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1932. Reprint. New York:
Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1965. [LSUHill]

Of special interest are the numerous listings in the index
under "Santo Domingo", i.e. Saint-Domingue and Haiti

» United States

The same applies here as for France - There is no one book
that addresses Saint-Domingue research in American archives. Any
suggestions??

» England

Grannum, Guy. Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors.
Sources in the Public Record Office. by Guy Grannum. Order
from PRO Publications, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1LR. £11.95
(p&h included), credit card orders accepted.

Tracing your West Indian Ancestors... looks not only at the islands
of the British West Indies, but also includes Bermuda (in the
Atlantic), and Guyana, Belize, and Sierra Leone (on the mainland
of South America). It brings together for the first time, the
wide variety of records useful for the study of British West
Indies ancestry in the Public Record Office.
Grannum's guide has two aims: to introduce researchers with West
Indian ancestors to the rich and varied records in the Public
Record Office, and to encourage and develop research into this
much neglected field of genealogy.
Mr. Grannum has taken a large, unwieldy subject and packaged
it logically into 11 concise chapters, including:
West Indians,
 Records of the Colonial Office,
 How People Got to the West Indies,
 Life Cycle Records,
 Land and Property,
 Military and Related Records,
 Slaves,
 the Colonial Civil Servant,
 Emigration to the U.K., and
 Non-British Colonies.
Besides enumerating and describing the kinds of records that
exist, Grannum also explains the bureaucracy that created them.
Each chapter has its own bibliography, and several appendices,
including a geographical bibliography and addresses of West Indian
archives round out this excellent reference work. Examples of
original documents are generously distributed throughout.
Because the PRO does not have the staff or time to research mail
requests, this book is required reading for anyone planning a
research trip there, or for "doing one's homework"
before hiring a researcher in England  it will help determine
which record groups might be the most productive.

Although this article is not a definitive guide to all the
archives in Haïti, it confirms that there is little colonial
material left in that country. It discusses the documents of
the late colonial and early independence era that are still extant,
where they are, and their physical condition. Frisch also provides
some insight into early social customs, and cites examples of
individual cases which suggest how the researcher should prepare
for research in these records.

One of several good bibliographies; this one has an informative
introduction at the beginning of each chapter. Nine of the chapters
deal with different historical eras of the island; other disciplines
(science, the arts, etc.) are discussed in later chapters.

Shannon, Magdaline W. "Bibliography of Saint-Domingue
especially for the period of 1700-1804". In Revue de la
Société Haïtienne d'histoire de geographie
et de geologie 37 (Decembre 1979): 5-55.

An excellent bibliography. 50 pages of sources, including
a separate section of Gabriel Debien's works at the end.